Tag: Motivation
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The 1619 Project: Revisionist History Masquerading as Scholarship

Few developments in American historical discourse have been as destructive as The 1619 Project, a politically motivated reimagining of American history that sacrifices accuracy on the altar of ideology. Conceived by Nikole Hannah-Jones and promoted by The New York Times, the project claims that the true founding of America was not 1776 but rather 1619—the…